Metallic roofing.



PATENTED JUNE 7, 1904.

' N0 MODEL.

TINTTED STATES Patented June '7, 1304.

PATENT Grrrcn.

METALLIC ROOFING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 762,220, dated June '7, 1904.

Application filed March 19, 1904. Serial No. 198,922. (No model.)

To all whom iv may concern:

Be it known that 1, JORDAN WILLIAMS, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Eckerty, in the county of Crawford and. State of Indiana, have'invented certain new and useful 1mprovements in Metallic Roofing; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in roofing for buildings; and the object of the invention is to construct a roof of metallic shingles so arranged that the various shingles may be securely held together andform a covering for the roof which will protect the nails which are driven through the sheets and produce a covering which will effectually prevent rain or snow from passing through the joints intermediate the shingles.

The'invention consists, further, in various details of construction and arrangements of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this application, and in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of a portion of a roof, showing the manner of application of the shingles. Fig. 2 is a sectional view transversely through the roof. Fig. 3 is a sectional View through a portion of the roof, showing the first step in the application of the first shingle. Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the second step, consisting in bending the lower shingle upon itself. Fig. 5 is a view showing the second shingle as secured to the upper edge of the lower shingle. Fig. 6 shows the next step of bending the second shingle upon itself.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a roof of a building over the gable end of which is placed an angle-sheet extending to the caves and overhanging the end of the roof, and B designates a sheet of roofing, which may be of tin or other suitable material, which is secured to the covering by nails. along the marginal edge thereof, the edge of the lower shingle beginning at the eaves being fastened a slight distance from the edge, after. which the lower shingle or sheet is bent upon itself and leaving a projecting part forming the eaves, while its upper edge is nailed to the roof-covering, preferably along the straight edge. The second shingle or sheet of covering (designated by letter D) is laid upon the first shingle, and the two edges being brought together they are nailed securely to the roof-covering, after which said shingle or sheet of covering D is bent upon itself along the line or straight edge E, and the same operation is repeated with the various shingles or sheets of covering until the ridge of the roof is reached. The highest shingle or sheet of covering at the ridge projects above the latter, and when the two inclined surfaces of the roof are similarly covered the upper shingles or sheets of covering are rolled together, as indicated at H, thus forming a beading above the ridge which will effectually prevent water from running between the connecting shingles.

By the provision of a roofing embodying the features of my invention it will be noted that a shingling is afforded which will effectually prevent leakage and in which the various shingles or sheets of covering are made to protect the nail-heads or other fastening means for holding the shingles upon the roof and one in which the various shingles are securely held to the roof-boarding.

WVhile I have shown a particular detailed construction of shingling embodying the features of my invention, it will be understood that I may alter the same, if desired, as to certain details without in any way departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A roofing made up of a series of shingles, each of which has its lower edge turned underneath its body portion and fastened to the roof-boarding, the various shingles having their lower turned edges overlapping one anof the roof projecting beyond the ridge and rolled together, forming a beading, and anglesheets fitted over the gable end of the roof I5 and against which the overlapping shingles contact, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JORDAN l/VILLIAMS.

- Witnesses:

URIAH W. MARTING, J AS. G. TnUs'roN. 

